/news/tags/akron-paramedics Akron paramedics en-US Copyright Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:14:35 GMT /law-justice/2025-01-14/summit-county-outreach-team-responded-to-800-mental-health-calls-in-first-year-eyes-expansion Akron launched the mental health co-responder model SCOUT in March 2024. The team handles mental health calls that otherwise would have gone to police or firefighters. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:14:35 GMT /law-justice/2025-01-14/summit-county-outreach-team-responded-to-800-mental-health-calls-in-first-year-eyes-expansion Abigail Bottar /news/health-science/2020-04-14/akron-decontamination-team-keeps-first-responders-safe-allows-police-recruit-training-to-continue The city of Akron has called eight furloughed employees back to work to create a decontamination team to help protect first responders.The team’s job is… Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:54:15 GMT /news/health-science/2020-04-14/akron-decontamination-team-keeps-first-responders-safe-allows-police-recruit-training-to-continue Jennifer Conn